Colorado Springs Is About to Be Hit With a Tornado of Bands

Planning a music festival with more than 100 bands is a Herculean undertaking. But doing so while also running a brick-and-mortar record shop, an independent label, booking over a dozen shows a month locally, and playing in three very active bands sounds more Sisyphean. Or, to put it in modern English, insane.

But that’s exactly what Bryan Ostrow is doing with the inaugural What’s Left Fest in Colorado Springs this month.

“You know, I’m feeling good,” he says while criss-crossing around Denver, putting up fliers.

The energetic co-owner of What’s Left Records is hitting all his favorite spots, from Wax Trax to Twist & Shout , spreading the word about the gargantuan multi-genre bill one leaflet at a time. Of course, he’s doing some crate-digging, too, so it’s not all work, work, wor